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Sunday, 8 March 2015

Let's Get This Show BACK on the ROAD!

Happy happy Sunday RUNday!!!

It's been a loooooong 3 weeks of hittin' the 'mill for some miles, (womp womp). Of course that is with the exception of last Sunday's 13.1 miles of Ice Capades, I mean (cough) half marathon. I have to tell you, I was super duper sore ALL over the next morning, like the type of DOMS that have your eyebrows hurting and all. :( So let's just say that my next run was not until Tuesday.

Here are some of my TM runs....

I definitely did not notice this sign until I was at home swiping through my pics...LOL. "I didn't choose the treadmill life. The treadmill life chose me." ;)

Okay, I just have to say, everyone on the TM is all like "lalalala, I'm just here running and watching TV or whatever," and I'm over here all like "OMG I can't look up or I'll fly back on the thigh squeezy machine." I'm pretty sure I almost fell 71 times in 8 miles. :| Why the heck can't I run AND watch the TV???

See our streets were looking a lot like this for a very long time and this photo was taken a day or two before they were 'Good,' not 'Great' just 'Good.'

Excuse the fuzzy pic, but Lola was just too busy to slow down and wait, lol.

And on top of crappy road conditions, work was NUTS! I drank my weight in these over the past week....

And some Career benchmarks were reached! :D

I finally secured my Probationary 2 Contract...it was only 9 years in the making. ;)

Yep, more treadmill runnin'.

Obviously I was racing the chick on the left, obviously. ;)

That moment when you realize one of your compression socks made it's way into the DRYER! :(

I have to show you these beautiful earrings I ordered from the Etsy site! They are handmade by Peri Sokol and I LOVE them!

Lola the demon dog apparently stares at me when I'm sleeping...lol.

"Oh, were you asleep?"

GUESS WHAT I DID ON SATURDAY?!?!?!??!!? RAN OUTSIDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I ran on actual pavement with actual hills and actual wind and it was awesome!

Speaking of running outside, the streets are still quite narrow and the sidewalks remain treacherous so it's important that runners/walkers and drivers respect each other out there on the road. As a driver myself I know it can be quite scary to see a runner/walker coming up with little room so I hopped out of the way as soon as I saw a car coming today. I don't want to cause any grief, I just want to get my miles in. ;)

Sam and I had some macaroons to celebrate our first successful neighbourhood run in forever!

Sunday's long run fuel...

I had 18 miles to do today....18! I wasn't going to run along the main road even though it would offer a lot of distance because traffic is just too busy for me with no sidewalk. I ran 75 000 loops of the neighbourhood to make up my big 18.

Along the way I noticed some neighbours got creative with their ice...lol.

"We were here"

One of Sam's neighbours yelled out to me after seeing me at least 6 times lapping his street, "Hey you're gonna wear out pavement!" LOL. I put my arms in the air and replied, "Maybe I'll get rid of some of the ice." ;) I can be clever you know.

I started getting hungry at 8.5 miles, and then at 9.5 and 14.5 miles I had a Gu.

Good runners stash their GUs in their pocket or trash them. ;) Don't be a litterbug!

Yay for outside running! I ran on the treadmill for the first time in forever the other day. Only four miles, but I wanted to die. How did I used to do so many miles on the treadmill before? Even watching shows, it feels terrible.

Boston you beast, you've broken my heart yet again and I keep coming back for more. I did it, my 5th Boston Marathon and with each p...

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For obvious reasons....and for those who don't know me well.......I'd like to state that I am not a licensed nutritionist, coach, elite athlete, physiotherapist, sports doctor, etc. I am just sharing my knowledge and passion for running by showing what has worked, and is currently working for me. :)Heather